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From: "Ms. Piglet" <>
Subject: Re: Ear ache
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:08:43 -0600


>answer was quite a shock to me. She said she had an earache. She would
>urinate in the cup and pour it in her ear. That is how her granny cured
>earaches. Has anyone else heard this cure?

Yep...and actually, it serves the purpose (warm sterile liquid). The one I
know of but never had the nerve to try was the one where you roast an onion
and then use it as a poultice on the ear. Partially the same concept, I
guess (hot liquid) along with the fact that onions and garlic include a
natural antibiotic.

piglet (megan zurawicz)
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